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ATTENUATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduced in strength
Example:
the faded tones of an old recording
Synonyms:
attenuate; attenuated; faded; weakened
Classified under:
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
Classified under:
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb attenuate
Context examples:
An attenuated oncolytic vaccinia virus encoding the light-emitting fusion protein Renilla luciferase-Aequorea green fluorescent protein (RUC-GFP) with potential bioluminescent and antineoplastic activities.
(Light-Emitting Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus GL-ONC1, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon intravenous administration, live-attenuated Listeria monocytogenes encoding EGFRvIII-NY-ESO-1 vaccine targets dendritic cells and expresses EGFRvIII and NY-ESO-1.
(Live-attenuated Listeria monocytogenes-encoding EGFRvIII-NY-ESO-1 Vaccine ADU-623, NCI Thesaurus)
An attenuated oncolytic Edmonston (Ed) strain of measles virus encoding the human thyroidal sodium iodide symporter (MV-NIS) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Oncolytic Measles Virus Encoding Thyroidal Sodium Iodide Symporter, NCI Thesaurus)
A flattened cell of the alveolar epithelium, distinguished by their greatly attenuated cytoplasm and paucity of organelles.
(Alveolar Cell Type I, NCI Thesaurus)
Attenuated strains of disease-causing bacteria and viruses are often used as vaccines.
(Attenuated, NCI Dictionary)
A cancer vaccine consisting of ALVAC, a highly attenuated poxvirus strain derived from the canarypox virus, encoding for the tumor associated antigen (TAA) carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(ALVAC-CEA vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer vaccine consisting of ALVAC, a highly attenuated poxvirus strain derived from the canarypox virus.
(ALVAC-B7-CEA, NCI Thesaurus)
A vaccine that contains live attenuated polio virus.
(Oral Polio Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
In the production of an attenuated vaccine, the infectious agent is altered so that it becomes harmless or less virulent.
(Attenuated Bacteria Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
It was formerly called hereditary flat adenoma syndrome (HFAS) but is now recognized as an attenuated variant of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
(Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)
